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Ontology Engineering Applications in Healthcare and Workforce Management Systems

  • Presents recent research in ontology engineering, with a focus on the healthcare and workforce domains
  • Addresses the practical aspects of the two application domains
  • Will benefit researchers, postgraduate students, consultants and practitioners alike
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 123)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Current Issues

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 1-15
  3. Information Technology Challenges and Opportunities

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 17-25
  4. Ontology Engineering

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 27-40
  5. Patient Practitioner Assistive Communications Ontology

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 41-52
  6. Cross-Cultural Healthcare Communication System

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 53-60
  7. Employer Demand Ontology

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 61-77
  8. Employer Demand Intelligence

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 79-86
  9. Intelligent System

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 87-97
  10. Open Issue and Concluding Remarks

    • David E. Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong
    Pages 99-103

About this book

Looking beyond the communications technology horizon and projecting future competency-specific employment demand, this book presents an evaluation of desirable information systems enhancements by integrating two disparate-domain computer ontologies. It provides readers a fresh solutions approach based on dynamic modeling and methodological contributions to philosophical and assistive communications system development in healthcare, addressing the need for both demand intelligence and practical work environment support. 


The pace of change in redefining occupation-specific employee resourcing needs is unrelenting and continues to accelerate. And the exponential growth in the demand for healthcare service delivery is correspondingly daunting. As such, the public and private sectors are faced with the challenge of sustaining credible relevant demand intelligence and recruitment practices, while integration, expansion and enrichment of ostensibly unconnected ontologies represent key R&D issues.

Reviews

“This brief book is interesting for practitioners and researchers working on the development and engineering of ontologies. The examples represented in PROTÉGÉ and OWL may help others develop similar applications. … The system described in the book provides solutions for management and communication problems within healthcare in Australia; the solutions can be considered as thought provoking for other subject domains as well.” (Bálint Molnár, Computing Reviews, April, 2018)​

Authors and Affiliations

  • Independent Researcher, Perth, Australia

    David E Forbes

  • Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Pornpit Wongthongtham

  • City of Cockburn, Perth, Australia

    Chamonix Terblanche

  • Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

    Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ontology Engineering Applications in Healthcare and Workforce Management Systems

  • Authors: David E Forbes, Pornpit Wongthongtham, Chamonix Terblanche, Udsanee Pakdeetrakulwong

  • Series Title: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65012-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-65011-1Published: 23 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87925-3Published: 12 May 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-65012-8Published: 10 August 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2198-4182

  • Series E-ISSN: 2198-4190

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 103

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 41 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Computational Intelligence, Health Informatics, Artificial Intelligence

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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